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  • rhacer@lemmy.worldtoAtheism@lemmy.worldAre you religious?
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    4 months ago

    This is really a great statement. There are many extraordinary people of faith, I am blessed to have some of them as friends. Unhappily, there are many horrible people of faith, and they give the good ones a bad name.

    Worship how you see fit, just don’t demand the rest of us subscribe to your world view.


  • rhacer@lemmy.worldtoAtheism@lemmy.worldAre you religious?
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    4 months ago

    Preacher’s kid here. The first 30-some years of my life I was inculcated in conservative Christian orthodoxy. My journey to “faithlessness” paralleled my journey to anarchism, but started a bit later. I considered myself an anarchist a few years before I considered myself an atheist.

    That said, after more than three decades in the church, are you ever truly done with faith? The easiest place to spot “faith” creeping into my life is in my music. For many years I refused to have anything to do with the music of Christianity. But it turns out I like that music! So I said fuck-it , and started adding some gospel back to my music server. I even sing along sometimes.

    I also happen to love the art of preaching, not necessarily the content, but the delivery. Watching a skilled preacher brings me the same happiness watching a skilled actor does.

    So in both those senses I’m still a bit religious.









  • rhacer@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.worldContrarianism gone awry
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    4 months ago

    Balko is the first of two writers who shaped my journey from conservative to anarchist. His writing in this series is clear, concise and damning.

    That said I’m also something if a Hughes fan. I typically find him thoughtful and insightful, but his buy-in to the Fall of Minneapolis documentary was disappointing.